1.   Although President Boris N. Yeltsin has repeatedly proclaimed support for small business, the government has done little to help, and much to hinder, small private firms.

2.   As in years past, all sides proclaim support for the principle of open competition, while each jealously guards its turf.

3.   At top, two men claiming to be homosexual proclaim their support for Yavlinsky.

4.   Bush proclaimed his support for the environment and even said that he cared about global warming.

5.   Earlier this year, Yahoo, the biggest Internet search engine site, was hacked by a group proclaiming its support for Mitnick.

6.   On the sidewalks and in the courthouse lobby, more than a dozen people proclaimed their support for Nesler.

7.   So by the time Clinton was proclaiming his support for democracy, he was in the morally comfortable position of dealing almost exclusively with civilian presidents.

8.   The American Medical Association proclaimed strong support for the measure.

9.   The enemies of the Zapatistas include paramilitary groups who largely proclaim their support for the governing party in Mexico, the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

10.   Assembly Democrats proclaimed their support for the budget early in the debate, although a few dissenting votes are likely there as well.